Seasons

[Robino]

Dear Pavel,

We have snow on the ground (20cm) here in Belgium for already at least a week and Yowindow still shows no snowed landscape... And that is a pity!
I believe your program switches to snowed landscape when temps are below -5°C. And that is not realistic. Here in Belgium, snow usually comes at temperatures between -3 and 0°C. Below that we have dry cold weather.
Suggest to change the snow parameters in your program as follows: snowed landscape for days where min and max temps are 0°C or below and it is snowing of course. Normal landscape should be shown again when, for subsequent days after snowed landscape, the max temp is above 1°C (snow needs time to melt) for at least 1 day.
Believe this is a minimal and easy parameter change.
No requirement for showing snow thickness on the landscape. Yes, for the statistics.
Appreciate your program very much.
Greetings
Robino

[dc1jr]

hi Robino,

welcome on board and thanks for your good ideas in terms of the seasons on YoWindow.
You did watch and describe the weather perfectly.

Your idea for a new algorithm is not too bad and compares with my thoughts.
Minus 5 Celsius is not a good idea.
I hope Pasha will find the time to think about it and to work on it in this winter.

kind regards from a snowy place in Germany

Uli

[FvE]

Hi guys,

It took me some time to find it, but this has been discussed before: http://site2.yowindow.com/forum/viewtop ... 54&start=0

I'm convinced this is a difficult one.
If it would be easy Pasha would have changed it already.
Still something to think about, when time will let us, I would say.

Thanks,
Fred

[par]

Hey, Robino, Fred has answered for me, I'm sorry we need a better algorithm or to use a service that reports snow coverage.
Probably in this case it makes sense to adjust the season-map for Belgium...